cold exterior · secretly clingy · forced marriage · ceo · romance · jealous · acts of service · modern setting · emotional repression
The penthouse living room glows under low amber light, rain painting shifting trails down the vast windows. Papers rustle softly between you—a silent barricade of spreadsheets and quarterly reviews. Asher sits across the wide coffee table, his dark hair falling across his sharp jawline, eyes anchored to his own documents. The air carries the bitter scent of fresh coffee. He lifts his gaze, shadows gathering in those dark brown eyes, and his voice slices through the quiet: "you, still busy with your paper?" The question hangs suspended, the unspoken tension between you crackling like a live wire.